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nection with sad-ironswhich are provided withmeans, such as gas or electricity, for keeping theni hot while'infusealln' a reversible-sadiron of this type i the upper side -thereof'i's being heated whilethe lower side -'is'in iuse,- and whenthe lower side gets too cool for further use, the iron ie-reversed :to bring the heated upper 1 side; into operative position and the cooled lower sideintoposi tion" to' be heated.

i In order to give a "Our improved reversing mechanism is one by whichthe iron canbeflreadily reversed reversed.

' sele'cted 'e nbodiment thereof without, how

ever, attempting to show all the ways in whichthe invention: may be embodied.

'fIn the drawings Figure l is'f'a section'of, a gas-heated smoothing or sad ironhaving our improvements applied thereto; v Fig 1 is a plan View "of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is anend' Fig, i is a sectional view through 'the 'mixlng' chamber" taken -on substantially thiffli lle} a-a, Fig. 2.

n W e have hown at4i5 a smoothing faces "at andj4fa'nd a is reve s ly mounted so as toipermit either srnoothingv surface to I be) brought into" operative position; As

. herein shown said sad-ir onfisfj rotatably "Y mountednpon aniron su ports which pro- Specificatioiiofietters This invention relates to areversible sad iironfand' has for its object to provide a novel a reversingmech'anism' for a sad-iron by which F the gad-.i:'ro'n ay, be reversed 'to bring 'either' 'side thereof into operativepositio-n. f," r

The device is intended tob'e ;used coni a clear of the invention5we have illustrated flherein 'a" xiixe m m wim-r a 1 seri riia soiasir L other; -W will preferably in'ake the smoothing iron in two parts'that vare suitably con .SKIDHAINDS esle e o OB EP LQ I-Ja i se i F -I 1' ataasaspt. 1;;1914;; T

p v @1 jet 's through"thlifbalrrmlne.sad iii-115 1 Be'it known that iW6,-FRA N KLINP. HINDSI "and WIIZLiIAii[-'H.DALTON, citizens of the 5" nected byithe connecting p1atesf63, 64 that extend across the ends of the iron, 'as.- -best 1 shown in Fig. 1. The sides of 'theiironaare' partially folosedjhy flanges "61, 62' which projec'tffrom, the top and bottonr surfaeslof the iron, :respective1y', as best seen "in Fig. :1, and 1' twhlchi iarewslightly separated from each other to form suitable air spac'es-65 through a which sufiicient" air passesito supportcom-g bustionwhen theyiron is heated bylagas flame. iFor'r'eversing the ironto bring either I face into poperat1ve p.os1t1on,1 we havepro- 1 "vlded the novel revers ng mechanism"whichi will now be described. V- A H 5 is -provided with a 1 The; iron support a -7 pOrtiOn'M whieh is situated above the iron] E i and which inithe present, embodiment of Y the invention is connected'to the-support b the being rotatablywmounted in-bearings 4C9 and between the shaftfil' and the iron 45 wherebyin eitherjposition of the iron the latter can be reversed rocking the shaft 51 first herein shown," the shaft 51 has connected thereto a U -shaped arm 54: and the a'rmi54 has pivo'ta11yc0nnected to its lowerend a 1ink;55 which in turn i pivoted to the end of the; iron 45 atone side 'of 'the center v 'thereof,a' s at 5 The above '0 onstruction is such that by swinging the handle 52 to the right, Fig. 3,

the' shaft 51 will be turnedthereby raising the arm 54 and throughthe conneetion-55" swinging theiron 45into'a position at right angles to that shown in' Fig; 3; and'in thus 3 [giving the iron partial turn the operator willapply sufiicientforc'efto thehandle 52 so that the momentum oftheiron will carry, j'

it past the central vertical position. When the iron has been carriedipast this position," then the operator presses downwardlyon theehandle 52, thus appl'yingf tu i fofc'e 1 through the shaft 51, arm 54 and lin ,55tof bring the iron into it's completely-reversed" position, in which-position the link 55 will have the dotted line'position Fig, 3, while the arm and lever are inthe ffullline position} 'B means of this shaft 51 and nne tion 4:, 5; ie9pem r ay reverse the ron y p g sw nging h an v 2 to the' right Fig. with a quick movement sufficient to carry the iron 45 into and past preferablymade of resilient'material so that by giving it. a/slightlateral pressure: it; can 7 be disengaged from the catch 53;,when the the vertical position, at which timeth'e' op erator will swingthe handle 53 backwardly into its initial position again which; results in completing-the reversing movementk'of the iron 54. This reversing movement can be carried onequally wellwhether the face 3 of the iron or the *face4 is uppermost,-tor

thelink'55 willa'ct onthe iron to give it its the support; said catch 53 "being constructed to engage the handle 52 and hold it in the position; shown in Fig. 3. The handle-is ironis-to lac-reversed" '1 a v 1;. a So far as the construction thusv fardes'cribedis concernedthe ironvmay :beheated byany heating medium,- suchfifor instance,

as gas or electricity..- ,zTheliron'herein shown I isheated byv a gas flame: and 'forthis pur pose the support 5 is I .pro'vidediwith. burner openings and the" portlons r and 6 thereof constitute: a gas conduit through which gas is delivered to the 'burner. openings. Where gas is used s'ome means formix'ing the gas. with air is necessary to make aproper' heat-r ing-mixture, and in the embodiment herein shown; the .gas is supplied to the iron through a gas pipe 37 which will-be con-l nected, to the ,main gas supply by: {a l fiexi ble connection, not shown, so as to permitfree movement of the iron. This, pipe 37 is threaded into a connection 40 WhlCh is di: vided into two-compartments 41, 42 that have! communication with each other through an aperture 43. The compartment.

42 is open to theair, asat420, and it communicates with the end 44 of the supportingpipe. The; gas which enters the com partment'41 through-the pipe 37 is ,deliv;

ered through 'theaperture 43 with sufficient velocityjtocause a ,suctiOIlto take placein they chamber 42 that draws in a certain amount of air through theopening 420 and th ev mixture of gas and air-passes through,

the pipe 44, 6 to'the burner openlngs, in

v thesupportzi; Theend of thesupport 5 is shown as closed by, a cap. 46, If the iron is electrically heated the connection 44, 6 and 5 will be used asa conduit for receiving the wires leading to the. heating element.

. any a port 5. t

While we have illustrated hereln a pre- *features shown, a

47 is a sheet metal shield which is secured at one end to the cap 46 and at the other endtfo the "connection 40, and 48 is a handle whiclris secured to the shield, this handle being aconvenient one for manipulating the lrons- Between the; shield 41' and thecap 46] is a strip 'A of'resilient material which bears against the pointed end B of theiron and serves to prevent the iron from longitudinal movement on the sup ferred embodiment of our invention We do not wish to be limited to the constructional, o

WVhat weuclaim as new,

and desire to v secure by LettersrPatent oi? the -United States,is:v a

1. I-IL a laundry iron, I the combination 1: I

with asupp'ort, of a reversible iron pivot-y ally m'ounted thereon, anj iron-reversing arm pivoted tojturn' about an'axis parallelto that of the iron, and a link connecting said with the" iron at one side {of its axis a :2- In a laundry iron, .the combinatio arm' with' a support, of arevers1b1e iron p vot-y ally mounted thereon,,ian IIOH-I'BVGISIIIg arm pivotally mounted-above the iron, and a, a:

link connectingsaidi, arm vfwith the iron at onesideof itsaxis whereby. the. iron may be reversed by, a swinging movement of the arm first in one direction and then in theother;

i In a laundry iron, the colndoination witha support,-of a reversible iron pivot- 3 .3 mounted: thereon, a shaft j'ournaledin said :support, an arm, carried, by the shaft,

a link iconnectingit'he armwith the iron at onje sidefof i s axis, and; means to turn the shaft first in one direction and thenin; the

other direction thereby to reverse the iron.

'4. ,In ,a laundry iron, the combination with an ironsupportpresenting a, U-shape, of an iron pivotallymounted on one arm of said support, a pivotally mounted; ironreversing arm on the other arm of said support, and a link connecting said iron- .reversingarm with the iron at one side of its axis.

5. In a {laundry I iron, the combination 4 with airiron support having a u shape, of an iron plvotally mounted on one arm of saidsupp'ort, a shaft journaled on theother arm of said support, and connections between :said shaft and the iron wherebyturm ing movement ofthe shaft w ll reverse the non.

6 ..In a laundry iron, the combination withan ironsupport having a U-shape, of

aniron pivotally mounted on onearm of said support, a shaft ournaled on the other arm of said support, a curved iron-reversing arm connectedto the shaft, and a link connectingsaidcurved arm with the ironfat one side of its axis;- 1

'l-l a laundlfy' fs is m hii qhr vwith in iron suppert in the fo r m of a pipe In witness wv hereof we have hereuIite set bent into U-shape, of an iron pivotally our hands, this 28th day of October 1910.

mounted on one arm of said support, said iron-reversing means sustained by the other Witnesses:

. FRANKLIN P. HINDS.

arm being provided with burner'openmgs, WILLIAM H. DALTON.

arm of said support, and connections for JOHN F; GRADY,

delivering gas tesaid support. I p WJILLIAM'H. 'RIGKERQ i Copies ot this petent may be obtaiiied for five cents eaeh, by adz ir es shig the Commissioner of Iatents, i

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